Inner-tube-patching stand



Sept. 30, 1924.

. 1,510,182 w. l.. McGowAN ET AL INNER TUBE PATCHING STAND Filed Feb. 7, 1923 Patented Sept. 30, 1924.

'WILLIAM- L. MCGOWAN AND LENI LAILVIE, OF GALT, MISSOURI.

INNER-TU'BE-PATCI-IING- STAND.

Application filed February 7, 1923.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, VILLTAM L. Mc- Gowan and LENI LAME, citizens of the United States, residing at Galt, in the county of Grundy, State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Inner-Tube Patching Stand; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will en! able'others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to inner tube patching stands, and has for its object to provide a device of this character comprising a base, an upright carried by said base, a segmentally shaped tire engaging member carried by the upper lend of the upright and a foot actuated lever mounted on the guide carried by the upright. The segmentally shaped device is adapted to have an inner tube disposed thereover, which inner tube engages under the foot actuated lever in such a manner, that when the lever is forced downwardly, the tube will be forced into close engagement with the upper surface of the segmentally shaped member and held. thereon by the contraction of the tube. The foot actuated lever, when tilted binds on the guide rod.

A further object is to provide a tire engaging member, said member comprising spaced bars having their upper edges arcuate shaped, and a U-shaped metallic member having its arms disposed in vertically disposed kerfs in the inner faces of the spaced bars, thereby forming a receptacle for the reception of tire patching material and tools.

Vith the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawing, described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a front elevation of the inner tube patching stand showing a tube thereon, and part broken away to better show the structure.

Figure 2 is a top plan View of the stand, part being broken away to better show the structure.

Figure 3 is a detail sectional View through serial No. 617,648.

the foot engaging member and showing a portion of the guide'rod.

Figure l is a top plan view of the foot. lever.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the base of the stand, which base is formed. from spaced end bars :2 in

parallel relation to each other, which bars are connected together by a centrally disposed bar 3, located at a right angle to the barsr 2. Extending upwardly from one side of the centrally disposed bar 3 is a. vertically disposed standard 4t, which standard has connected thereto at 5, the upper end of. a guide rod 6. The lower end of the guide rod 6 is anchored at 7 to the bar 3, and is spaced from the front face of the Standard t. Secured by means of screws 8 to the upper end of the standard el is a horizontally disposed tire engaging member 9. The member 9 comprises a hoi-i zontally disposed bar 10, which base adjacent its forward and rear end is provided with upwardly extending spaced bars 11, the upper edges 12 of which are substant-ially arcuate shaped as shown in Figure 1, thereby allowing the inner tube 13 to be easily stretched for flattening the damaged portion 14- thereof into engagement with the arcuate portion 15 of the U-shaped metallic member 16. The arms 17 of the metallic member 16 are vertically disposed and extend into oppositely disposed kerts 18 in the inner walls of the spaced bars 11, thereby forming a compartment 19, in which compartment patching materials and tools may be placed and stored. The forward bar 11 has hingedly connected thereto at 2O a closure 21, which closes the opening 22 in the bar, and through which opening access may be had to the receptacle or compartment 19.

Then it is desired to patch an inner tube 13, the inner tube is placed in the position shown in Figure 1 over the arcuate shaped portion 15 of the U-shaped metallic member 16, and then the tube is passed under the foot actuated lever 23.

The foot lever 23 has its rear end provided with an elongated recess 24 for the reception of the guide rod 6, which guide rod extends through a plate 25, secured to the upper slide of the lever. It will be seen that when the foot lever 2 is forced downwardly that the inner tube 13 will be stretched and when the foot is remo-ved from the lever 23, the foot lever will be tilted upwardly at its outer end, therefore the opposite sides of the aperture 26 in the plate 25 will engage rictionally the opposite sides of the guide rod 6, thereby holding the lever 23 in thel position to which it may have been moved, and consequently holding the inner tube 13 in stretched condition so that it may be repaired on its upper side at 14. To further insure the upward movement of the outerend ot the foot lever 23, a coiled spring 27 is provided, which coiled spring is dis posed in a recess 28 of the lever 23 and engages the forward side of the guide rod, therefore igt will be seenA that the lever will be positively actuated. When it is desired to` move the lever 23 downwardly, it s only necessary for the operator to place his foot on the lever 23 and force the same downwardly in substantially a horizontal position, which action will break the jamming action with the rod 6 and cause the lever to move downwardly.

From the abo-ve it will be seen that an inner Jmbe patching stand is provided, which is simple in construction, positive in operation, and constructed in such a manner that an inner tube may be securely held thereon while beingpatched.

The invention having been set forth what vis claimed as new and useful isz An inner tube patching stand, comprising a base, a vertically disposed standard carried by the base, a guide rod carried by the standard, a vertically movable foot engaging member carried by the guide rod and held at various adjusted positions by trctional engagementJ with the guide rod, a member carried by the upper end of the standard, said member comprising a` base, spaced bars carried by Said base and haviner their upper sides arcuate shaped, a door in the side of one of the hars centrally thereof, a U-shaped member interposed between the bars, the arms. of the U-shaped member extending downwardly into kerfs in the inner faces of the bars, thereby forming a receptacle behind the door carried by one of the bars.

In testimony whereof we have signed our 

